- Books and reading, Libraries, Mute persons, Boys
In a fantastical illustrated short novel, three people imprisoned in a nightmarish library plot their escape.
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Intimate, contemporary, grave and plot-driven.
- intimateepic
- contemporarynostalgic
- gravecomic
- character-ledplot-driven
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About the book
- Author
- 村上春樹
- First published
- 2005
- Pages
- 92
- Publisher
- Alfred A. Knopf, Kōdansha, Penguin Random House
- Editions
- 4
- Language
- Japanese, English
- ISBN
- 9780385354318
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